Make the Saints Your Friends!

Saint: "a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death." Saints are people who have made it to heaven. Everyone in heaven is a saint, but some saints are recognized by the church for being especially saintly. But being a saint is not far off! Saint Therese wanted to be a saint, and she said, 

"I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by."

Saint Therese is one of the most popular saints ever, but even she found it hard to be a saint. The way Saint Therese tried to be a saint was through her Little Way. 

It is always nice to have a best friend, someone you can talk to, someone who is always watching out for you. I have found that the saints can be my best friends. Even when you move away from your old home, the saints will move along with you. 

Challenge!: Find one saint that will become your new "best friend". Find a quote from them, find a prayer for them, and find an image of them. Find out a lot about your saint, because when you have a best friend, you know about them, right? You know where they live, go to school, and what they like to do. Find out as much as you can about your new best friend. 

Before you make the saints your friends, remember that you are not praying to the saints, you are asking for their intercession. It's like asking a friend to pray for you. You're not praying to them, but you are asking them to pray for you. When we pray for the intercession of a saint, we are really just asking them to ask God for us.

The next time you are praying, ask a saint to intercede for you. They will help you out, and they will never forget about you!

God bless you!